// Copyright (C) 2002 by Jason Hunter <jhunter_AT_acm_DOT_org>.
// All rights reserved.  Use of this class is limited.
// Please see the LICENSE for more information.

package com.baomidou.framework.upload.cos.multipart;

import java.io.File;

/**
 * An interface to provide a pluggable file renaming policy, particularly useful
 * to handle naming conflicts with an existing file.
 * 
 * @author Jason Hunter
 * @version 1.0, 2002/04/30, initial revision, thanks to Changshin Lee for the
 *          basic idea
 */
public interface FileRenamePolicy {

	/**
	 * Returns a File object holding a new name for the specified file.
	 *
	 * @see FilePart#writeTo(File fileOrDirectory)
	 */
	public File rename(File f);

}
